1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910481024003321

Autore

Sudan Rajani

Titolo

The alchemy of empire : abject materials and the technologies of colonialism / / Rajani Sudan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] : , : Fordham University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8232-7069-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (163 pages)

Disciplina

338.9/26

Soggetti

Technology transfer - History - 18th century

Enlightenment

Technology in literature

Electronic books.

Europe Civilization History Oriental influences 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910164931903321

Autore

Maher Shiraz

Titolo

Salafi-jihadism : the history of an idea / / Shiraz Maher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-19-069461-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 292 pages)

Disciplina

297.72

Soggetti

Jihad - History

Islamic fundamentalism - History

Salafīyah

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-275) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The obligation of fighting -- 3. Applying jihad in Salafi thought -- 4. Establishing disbelief -- 5. Praxis in action -- 6. The making of love and hate -- 7. Al-Walā' wa-l-Barā' as social empowerment -- 8. Realising monotheism -- 9. Holy war and the essence of monotheism -- 10. The dawn of modern political Islam -- 11. Securing God's rights -- 12. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

No topic has captured the public imagination of late quite so dramatically as the specter of global jihadism. While much has been said about the way jihadists behave, their ideology remains poorly understood. As the Levant has imploded and millenarian radicals claim to have revived a Caliphate based on the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed, the need for a nuanced and accurate understanding of jihadist beliefs has never been greater. Shiraz Maher charts the intellectual underpinnings of salafi-jihadism from its origins in the mountains of the Hindu Kush to the jihadist insurgencies of the 1990's and the 9/11 wars. What emerges is the story of a pragmatic but resilient warrior doctrine that often struggles - as so many utopian ideologies do - to consolidate the idealism of theory with the reality of practice. His ground-breaking introduction to salafi-jihadism recalibrates our understanding of the ideas underpinning one of the



most destructive political philosophies of our time by assessing classical works from Islamic antiquity alongside those of contemporary ideologues. Packed with refreshing and provocative insights, Maher explains how war and insecurity engendered one of the most significant socio-religious movements of the modern era.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154978903321

Titolo

Illustrated religious texts in the north of Europe, 1500-1800 / / edited by Feike Dietz. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-92893-7

1-315-25273-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

DietzFeike <1984->

Disciplina

096.1

Soggetti

Christian literature - History and criticism

Illustrated books - Europe, Northern - History

Europe, Northern Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An Ashgate Book"--Cover.

First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Crosscurrents in ideologies and motives -- pt. II. Forms of exchange and mobility.

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years many historians have argued that the Reformation did not - as previously thought - hamper the development of Northern European visual culture, but rather gave new impetus to the production, diffusion and reception of visual materials in both Catholic and Protestant milieus. This book investigates the crosscurrents of exchange in the realm of illustrated religious literature within and beyond confessional and national borders, and against the background of recent insights into the importance of, on the one hand material, as well as on the other hand, sensual and emotional aspects of early modern culture. Each chapter in the volume helps illuminate early



modern religious culture from the perspective of the production of illustrated religious texts - to see the book as object, a point at which various vectors of early modern society met. Case studies, together with theoretical contributions, shed light on the ways in which illustrated religious books functioned in evolving societies, by analysing the use, re-use and sharing of illustrated religious texts in England, France, the Low Countries, the German States, and Switzerland. Interpretations based on points of material interaction show us how the most basic binaries of the early modern world - Catholic and Protestant, word and image, public and private - were disrupted and negotiated in the realm of the illustrated religious book. Through this approach, the volume expands the historical appreciation of the place of imagery in post-Reformation Europe.